Results/Photos

Date: Oct. 26, 2025 Participant: Karen Salinas #3323 Race: 2025 UTHealth Houston Half Marathon Distance: 13.1 miles

Consistent Pace with Slight Fade in Final Miles Karen Salinas completed the 2025 UTHealth Houston Half Marathon in a time of 1:56:41, maintaining an average pace of 8:54 min/mile. Notably, her pacing during the first half of the race was consistent, with splits mostly under 9 minutes per mile, demonstrating good early race speed. Her best split was 8:34 min/mile at mile three, which is impressive, and helped her maintain a strong start. In the later stages, slight slowing was observed, particularly in the last mile where her split expanded to 9:31 min/mile. This could suggest a potential area for focusing on endurance in future training as holding the pace proved more challenging towards the end. Despite this, Karen maintained a commendable performance throughout, finishing in the top 10% of her division, F20-24. Keep building on that early race strength and consider endurance training for the closing miles.